Unit 1 Intro to LPSS
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
TODAY
Lesson 1
Objectives
1. Describe the two most common
models of how society
determines which acts are
criminal.
2. Define and identify the different
types of crime.
3. Outline the three levels of law
enforcement
4. List the essential elements of the
corrections system
5. Explain the difference between
the formal and informal criminal
justice processes
6. Describe the layers of the
“wedding cake” model.
7. Contrast crime control and due
process models
Objective 1: Describe the two most common models
of how society determines which acts are criminal.
Consensus
Model
This model argues that a majority of citizens will agree
on which activities should be outlawed and punished
as crimes and assumes a diverse society can agree on
what is moral.
Conflict
Model
Argues that in a diverse society , the dominant group
exercise power by making their value system the law.
Objective 2: Define Crime and Identify the different
types.
Crime
Any act punishable under criminal
statutes and is considered an offense
against society.
•Criminals are prosecuted by the state, not the victims (society)
•Punishable by loss of life, freedom, money
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Fraud,
embezzlement
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Property
crime
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Fraud,
embezzlement
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Property
crime
Public
order crime
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Fraud,
embezzlement
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Property
crime
Public
Whiteorder crime collar
crimes
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Fraud,
embezzlement
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Property
crime
Public
Whiteorder crime collar
crimes
Organized
crime
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Fraud,
embezzlement
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Objective 2 Continued : Define Crime and Identify the
different types.
Six Groups of Crimes
Violent
crime
Property
crime
Public
Whiteorder crime collar
crimes
Organized
crime
High-tech
crime
Murder, rape,
assault, battery,
robbery
Pocket picking,
shoplifting,
theft, arson
Public
drunkenness,
prostitution,
gambling, drug
use
Crime
undertaken by a
number of
persons who
operate their
activities like a
legal business
Sabotage, fraud,
embezzlement,
internet crimes,
intellectual
property theft
Fraud,
embezzlement
Objective 3 :Outline the three (+1) levels of law
enforcement
Federal
Those agencies with national jurisdiction
Examples - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, ATF, DEA,
State
Agencies with jurdisction across an entire state.
Examples- State Police / Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Texas
Rangers
Local
Agencies with jurisdiction that spans a county or municipality.
Examples - Bonner Springs Police Dept. , Wyandotte County Sheriff
**Special**
Agencies with specialized jurisdictions
Examples - Campus Police, Airport Police, Hospital Police
Objective 3 :Outline the three (+1) levels of law
enforcement
Federal
Those agencies with national jurisdiction
Examples - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, ATF, DEA,
Objective 3 :Outline the three (+1) levels of law
enforcement
Federal
Those agencies with national jurisdiction
Examples - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, ATF, DEA,
State
Agencies with jurdisction across an entire state.
Examples- State Police / Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Texas
Rangers
Objective 3 :Outline the three (+1) levels of law
enforcement
Federal
Those agencies with national jurisdiction
Examples - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, ATF, DEA,
State
Agencies with jurdisction across an entire state.
Examples- State Police / Highway Patrol, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Texas
Rangers
Local
Agencies with jurisdiction that spans a county or municipality.
Examples - Bonner Springs Police Dept. , Wyandotte County Sheriff
Objective 4 :List the essential elements of the
corrections system
4 Essential Elements of the Corrections System
Probation
Objective 4 :List the essential elements of the
corrections system
4 Essential Elements of the Corrections System
Probation
Incarceration
Objective 4 :List the essential elements of the
corrections system
4 Essential Elements of the Corrections System
Probation
Incarceration
Community
based
correctional
facilities
Objective 4 :List the essential elements of the
corrections system
4 Essential Elements of the Corrections System
Probation
Incarceration
Community
based
correctional
facilities
parole
Objective 5 :Explain the difference between the
formal and informal criminal justice system.
Formal
Informal
Established steps and
procedures followed
throughout the system.
Example – Patrol officer catches you
speeding and issues a ticket.
Example – Patrol officer catches you
speeding and gives you a warning.
Objective 5 :Explain the difference between the
formal and informal criminal justice system.
Formal
Informal
Established steps and
procedures followed
throughout the system.
For every step and procedure
someone in the system has the
discretion to make decisions that can
alter the formal process.
Example – Patrol officer catches you
speeding and issues a ticket.
Example – Patrol officer catches you
speeding and gives you a warning.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Crime Control Model
Goals
Favor
1.limited
bureaucracy
2. Making it
easier for police
to arrest
criminals.
3. Lessen the
requirement for
convictions in
court.
Policies
1.hire more police
2.more jails/prisons
3.harsher penalties
4. Expand use of the
death penalty
View of Criminals
1. They are responsible
for their own actions.
2. They violated the
social contract and
should lose rights.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Crime Control Model
Goals
1.deter crime
Favor
1.limited
bureaucracy
2. Making it
easier for police
to arrest
criminals.
3. Lessen the
requirement for
convictions in
court.
Policies
1.hire more police
2.more jails/prisons
3.harsher penalties
4. Expand use of the
death penalty
View of Criminals
1. They are responsible
for their own actions.
2. They violated the
social contract and
should lose rights.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Crime Control Model
Goals
1.deter crime
2.protect public
Favor
1.limited
bureaucracy
2. Making it
easier for police
to arrest
criminals.
3. Lessen the
requirement for
convictions in
court.
Policies
1.hire more police
2.more jails/prisons
3.harsher penalties
4. Expand use of the
death penalty
View of Criminals
1. They are responsible
for their own actions.
2. They violated the
social contract and
should lose rights.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Crime Control Model
Goals
1.deter crime
2.protect public
3. Incapacitate
criminals.
Favor
1.limited
bureaucracy
2. Making it
easier for police
to arrest
criminals.
3. Lessen the
requirement for
convictions in
court.
Policies
1.hire more police
2.more jails/prisons
3.harsher penalties
4. Expand use of the
death penalty
View of Criminals
1. They are responsible
for their own actions.
2. They violated the
social contract and
should lose rights.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Crime Control Model
Goals
1.deter crime
2.protect public
3. Incapacitate
criminals.
4. Quick and
efficient justice.
Favor
1.limited
bureaucracy
2. Making it
easier for police
to arrest
criminals.
3. Lessen the
requirement for
convictions in
court.
Policies
1.hire more police
2.more jails/prisons
3.harsher penalties
4. Expand use of the
death penalty
View of Criminals
1. They are responsible
for their own actions.
2. They violated the
social contract and
should lose rights.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Due Process Model
Goals
Favor
1. Limit state power by
assuring rights of the
accused.
2. Allowing even the
guilty to go free if due
process procedure is not
followed.
3. Assuring equal
treatment of criminals.
4. Protect civil rights of
prisoners.
4. Quick and efficient
justice.
Policies
1.Abolish death
penalty
2.Limit police
powers
3. Limit
discretion
4. Increase
funding for
prisoner rehab.
View of Criminals
1. Social and biological
factors are responsible
for criminal behavior.
Factors outside the
control of the criminal.
2. Criminals can be
rehabilitated.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Due Process Model
Goals
1. Protect the
individual from the
immense power of
the state.
.
Favor
1. Limit state power by
assuring rights of the
accused.
2. Allowing even the
guilty to go free if due
process procedure is not
followed.
3. Assuring equal
treatment of criminals.
4. Protect civil rights of
prisoners.
4. Quick and efficient
justice.
Policies
1.Abolish death
penalty
2.Limit police
powers
3. Limit
discretion
4. Increase
funding for
prisoner rehab.
View of Criminals
1. Social and biological
factors are responsible
for criminal behavior.
Factors outside the
control of the criminal.
2. Criminals can be
rehabilitated.
Objective 6 :Contrast the crime control and due
process models of the criminal justice system.
Due Process Model
Goals
1. Protect the
individual from the
immense power of
the state.
2. Rehab those
convicted of a crime.
Favor
1. Limit state power by
assuring rights of the
accused.
2. Allowing even the
guilty to go free if due
process procedure is not
followed.
3. Assuring equal
treatment of criminals.
4. Protect civil rights of
prisoners.
4. Quick and efficient
justice.
Policies
1.Abolish death
penalty
2.Limit police
powers
3. Limit
discretion
4. Increase
funding for
prisoner rehab.
View of Criminals
1. Social and biological
factors are responsible
for criminal behavior.
Factors outside the
control of the criminal.
2. Criminals can be
rehabilitated.
Cooperative Learning – Public Order
Crime
Discuss public order crimes in your group.
Group Discussion Question
Should offenses like
prostitution, gambling, and
drunkenness be illegal,
particularly if those
participating in those
activities are consenting
adults? Why?
What is the value of
outlawing activities that are
contrary to public values
and morality?
Is the label “victimless
crime” misleading?
Your View
Opposing View’s Argument